[s-cars] ecological stalemate

[Steve Powers]

Al Gore III arrested in his Prius whilst traveling at over 100 mph...

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Former Vice President Al Gore's son,
Albert Gore III, was arrested early Wednesday morning in Orange
County, California on suspicion of possessing marijuana and
prescription drugs, Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff's
Department told CNN.

Amormino said Al Gore III was expected to be released from jail
Wednesday afternoon.

Gore, 24, was allegedly driving a Toyota Prius at 100 mph on the San
Diego Freeway at 2:15 a.m. when a police officer pulled him over. The
officer reported that he smelled marijuana and a search of the car
yielded less than an ounce of the drug. The prescription drugs Valium,
Xanax, Vicodin, and Adderall were in the car as well, police reported.

Amormino told CNN Gore did not have prescriptions for any of the drugs found.

Gore was booked into a Santa Ana jail under a $20,000 bond, the
Sheriff's Department said.

"He did admit to smoking … some marijuana shortly before the stop,"
Amormino told reporters in a brief news conference Wednesday
afternoon.

Amormino said the former vice president's son was not charged with
driving under the influence because a drug expert determined he was
not impaired.

He said Gore was "very cooperative" and was "taken into custody
without incident."

The arrest comes just days before his father hosts an international
concert to combat global warming.

Gore III completed a substance abuse program in 2004 after he was
charged with possession of marijuana in Maryland after police observed
him driving without his headlights on.

He was ticketed for reckless driving by North Carolina police in
August 2000 when he was clocked going 94 mph in a 55 mph zone.
Military police arrested him for drunk driving near a military base in
Virginia in September 2002.


from http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/07/04/al-gores-son-arrested-for-marijuana-prescription-drugs/

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